{"product_id":"the-warlow-experiment-9781788161695b","title":"The Warlow Experiment","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e fiction book of the year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTimes \u003c\/span\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e Historical Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat kind of person keeps a man underground for seven years?\u003cbr\u003eAnd who would agree to be part of such an experiment?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerbert Powyss lives on a small estate in the Welsh Marches, with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman's fashionable cultivation of exotic plants and trees. But he longs to make his mark in the field of science - something consequential enough to present to the Royal Society in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe hits on a radical experiment in isolation: for seven years a subject will inhabit three rooms in the cellar of the manor house, fitted out with books, paintings and even a chamber organ. Meals will arrive thrice daily via a dumbwaiter. The solitude will be totally unrelieved by any social contact; the subject will keep a diary of his daily thoughts and actions. The pay? Fifty pounds per annum, for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly one man is desperate enough to apply for the job: John Warlow, a semi-literate labourer with a wife and six children to provide for. The experiment, a classic Enlightenment exercise gone more than a little mad, will have unforeseen consequences for all included. In this seductive tale of self-delusion and obsession, Alix Nathan has created an utterly transporting historical novel which is both elegant and unforgettably sinister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBBC History Magazine Best Historical Fiction of 2019","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823222755408,"sku":"9781788161695B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781788161695-l.jpg?v=1785891356","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-warlow-experiment-9781788161695b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}